Acts 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
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In The King James Version
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly to him.
Genesis 39:2Yahweh was with Joseph and he became a prosperous man. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
Genesis 39:21But Yahweh was with Joseph and showed covenant faithfulness to him. He gave him favor in the sight of the prison warden.
Genesis 49:23The archers will attack him 1 and shoot at him and harass him. 1
Psalms 105:17He sent a man ahead of them; 1 Joseph was sold as a servant. 1
Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. 1 When you walk through the fire you will not be burned, and the flames will not destroy you. 1
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17
Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →